Town 'n' Country sits between the airport and the bay, which means the wind here comes off open water with nothing to slow it down. Storm work makes up a bigger share of what we do in this area than almost anywhere else we serve.
The subdivisions date mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, and the trees planted with them are at the age where they need attention.
Wind off the bay
There is very little between Old Tampa Bay and these neighborhoods to break a gust. Trees here take more sustained wind loading than the same species would inland, and canopy thinning before hurricane season genuinely earns its cost. A dense, unthinned crown in this part of the county is a sail.
Palms, and a lot of them
Queen, sabal and Washingtonia palms are everywhere in Town 'n' Country, particularly around Bay Crest and the older waterfront streets. Washingtonias in particular get very tall and shed heavy dead fronds from a serious height. Ladder work on those is how people get hurt, and it is what the bucket trucks are for.
Salt and soil
Closer to the bay the soil carries more salt and drains fast, which stresses the less tolerant species. Trees in decline near the water are often not diseased so much as in the wrong spot, and replacing one with something salt-tolerant is a better use of money than treating it.
Where we work in Town 'n' Country
We cover Town 'n' Country and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Bay Crest Park, Country Village, Woodbridge, Twelve Oaks, Countryway, Pine Crest Villas and Sweetwater.
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